- wenqiang.chen@joslin.harvard.edu
- wenqiang.chen.01@regionh.dk
Awards and Prizes
Some Statements:
I study Reward in mice. I know how important it is for motivated behaviors -- in a preview I recently published, I wrote: ”motivated behaviors, occurring in pursuit of goals, are essential for the survival of species including humans". However, I always remind myself, rewards (or awards) are not purposes. We have a greater purposes than this.
This section only shows what I have achieved in the past.
It does not say anything about my future, but I think it can predict.
2024 JFC Travel Award Joslin Diabetes Center Fellow Council (one of 3 winners for the year) 2024 Steno North American Fellowship (1 million DKK, ~ 145K USD) Novo Nordisk Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark 2023 Runner-up, Alzheimer’s FastTrack, Mock BrightFocus Team Proposal Presentation BrightFocus Foundation, Washington DC, USA 2023 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (T32) NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, USA 2023 Plenary Lecture, ICNAND2023 meeting IBRO and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) 2019 ISN Young Members Symposium Award International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), Montreal, Canada 2015 URC/CRCG Conference Grant for Research Postgraduate The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 2014 URC/CRCG Travel Grant for Research Postgraduate Students The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 2014 Wong Ching Yee Medical Postgraduate Scholarship The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 2013 Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 201 FAONS Travel Award Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies, Australia 2013 IUPS Travel Award International Union of Physiological Sciences, Birmingham, UK 2013 Sanofi Excellent Paper Award Chinese Neuroscience Society, Beijing, China 2012 ICPS Best Poster Award International Conference of Physiological Sciences (ICPS), China 2011-2015 Postgraduate Studentship The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 2011 Best Thesis Award Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing, China 2009 Outstanding Student Award Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing, China 2005 Excellent Student Scholarship Tongji Medical College, HUST, Wuhan, China 2005 Baoqin Scholarship Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China 2003 2nd Prize, Chinese Chemistry Olympiad Chinese Chemical Society, China 2002 Hope Star of Wuhan City Wuhan city
Some "failed" applications
Some Statements:
We learn from failures. Learning is a process of making errors and getting improvement.
I have a lot of failed experiences. In a life as a researcher, you wouldn't be surprised until at some stages like mine, you will realize that, most of the time you are facing failures. You just have to live with it. You will need a strong heart.
I used to consider these application failures, until my previous PI (Dr. Karolina Sulek) told me, "you should consider them as achievements, you've made so far to be in this step, this is a huge achievement, sometimes you just need a little bit luck". For that, I deeply appreciate Karolina's words, which makes me look at failures in a very different angle.
There are several in their finals, but unfortuanately I didnot get them. But they also deserve a honorary mention
2024 King’s Prize Fellowship (failed)
I was invited for an onsite interview for this prize, but I then decided to use zoom version because I did not have a UK visa.
Unfortuanately I did not get the prize.
2013 Fulbright-RGC (Hong Kong) Scholar Program (failed)
I was in the final and invited for a interview on December 18, 2013 at the Research Grants Council.
I was then recommended by the Council to be on the “shortlist for a prize”, if someone drops the awarded prize.
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